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Welcome to Fantasy Hockey Life, presented
by fan Tracks. Here your source of

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information and analysis to help you win
your fantasy hockey league. Block off hot

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a step hit on, staylock.
Here's your hosts, Jesse Sevier and Victor

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nunho Hockey Live back once again to
talk fantasy hockey. It is me Jesse

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Severe fan Tracks, and that is
Victor Nuno VP ring side. Victor.

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How you doing. I'm doing all
some Jesse, fresh off of a trip

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to Colorado Springs, which was pretty
fun. I had the experience of being

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around that frozen stuff that falls out
of the sky some places that is in

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California. It was nice. Yeah, we haven't actually seen that in a

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little while out here, which is
weird. But uh yeah, that's all

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right, that's all right, you
can keep it. But Victor, I

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have two words for you this morning, Ryan McLeod, How Victor is freaking

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Ryan McLeod helping you beat me in
the semi finals of the Diesel four Sport

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Hockey League. I had a huge
lead on Victor just earlier this week,

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and he has caught up and passed
me and has lead me in the dust.

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We got another week to go,
Victor, but you're greatly frustrating me

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in this league. Man, it
ain't over, that's for sure. We

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got a long way to go.
But I know earlier in the week I

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was like, oh my god,
we got my butt picked here. But

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yeah, things have turned around a
bit. I think, first of all,

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it's just good. It's good for
the brand. There how many teams

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in this league I forget, and
then you and I are in the Semis.

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That's pretty good. It's a cap
league. It's really tough, and

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we're there. And the other two
players in the Semis are among FHL patrons

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I believe who have come over to
that league. Yeah, are Tony and

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Foggy. I don't know is Foggy
Foggy is in one of our leagues,

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right, He's at least in the
fhil dynasty. But yeah, yeah,

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no, it's going well. It's
good times over there. I am going

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to give Victor a game attempt if
Ryan McLeod will just settle the heck down

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and let the big guys succeed here
Victor. Trades have happened. Trade deadlines

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have long passed in our leagues,
but trade deadlines happened in the real NHL

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this week. Did you now you
were on travel, you couldn't be glued

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to the coverage, you couldn't be
following I'm sure the X in the real

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time and watching Elliott Friedman drop free
bombs constantly on what was happening, and

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see weird Kevin Weeks videos where he
rolls his eyes and stuff happens and then

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suddenly guys are traded. But were
you excited? Did you find this to

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be an exciting trade deadline? I
think it was really exciting. I think

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for a while for some of the
past ones, they maybe they have been

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a little boring here and there,
and certainly some big names moved before the

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deadline. I think some people forget
about that, and that's part of the

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context too, So maybe there aren't
as many big moves. But there were

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some surprising moves and we'll talk about
those. Some that no one really saw

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coming. There were some ones that
were predictable, but there were some big

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ones that were like WHOA, where
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was pretty fun. It's always got
shock of WHOA. I didn't even think

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that guy was on the market,
I didn't think he was on the table,

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and always moved. So yeah,
there were some big ones. What

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about you? I loved it.
Yeah, NHL, it has long since

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NFL trade deadline. If you follow
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a joke. There's nothing's happening there. The NBA tradeline deadline was a joke

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this year, and traditionally they've been
pretty good. And I would say NHL

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is now neck and neck with MLB
as far as the insanity that happens and

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actual good players moving from team to
team. So I really enjoyed it,

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and I think we've got some good
comments to make because there were some very

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good pros who changed teams and now
as dynasty managers, we got to pick

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up the pieces. We got to
figure out what we got left here,

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and maybe some of us have kind
of hit the lottery and others of us

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are like, oh, shoot,
value has disappeared from my dynasty. Star

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here Victor. People want to talk
about these things, and a place that

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they can go to dwell on them
is our discord. It is free.

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All you have to do is contact
Victor myself. We get more people all

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the time want to come in and
the chatter goes on. You can contact

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us by email and Fantasy HOCKEYLFE at
gmail dot com. We'll send you a

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link to get in for free,
or you can hit Victor and myself and

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or myself up. You can find
me fan Hockey Life on X. You

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can find Victor Victor Nuno twelve on
X and ask for the invite and receive

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the invite Victor. People can also
join up in the Patreon tell them about

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that. Yeah, the Patreon's got
a lot of great stuff. Patreon casts.

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We got patroon Priority Channel, and
I think some of the biggest things

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some people are maybe aware. We
have our FHL player cards, so these

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are some really good cars. You
can look at peripheral stats for leagues that

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these prospects are playing, and this
is a really hard thing to find.

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It's one of the main reasons we
did this. It tells you a per

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sixty number of how good their shots, hits and blocks are for their bash.

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It also will tell you they're scoring
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And that's a special sauce that I
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isn't purely just based on some formula. So that's that's something you can get

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as an ultralifer. You can also
get access to my rankless prospect rankless and

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so that's something. And then the
Tidy. We're not going to talk as

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much about the Tidy this time,
but that's a great league that's going on

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right now. We're in the Semis
and if you're interested in being part of

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that really great dynasty league Tier Dynasty, then you know you can join in

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the off season. But a lot
of great stuff. You can look at

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that over at patreon dot com slash
Fantasy Hockey Life and go and check out

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Victors. This is another good reason
to check out Victor's Twitter slash x account

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is you've been posted up a few
of these FHL player cards, so people

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can get an idea what that looks
like. It's a really cool visualization to

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check out on x Victor. It's
time for us to take a break,

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come back and break down some trades. I almost feel like we should have

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Admiral Ryan here to break down the
trades. Maybe he would have some different

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insights on them. But we are
going to talk about what the NHL gms

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did in their trading. And just
as an opening note here, there are

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a lot of players who were moved
at the deadline and some of you might

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have said, boy, I don't
know who that prospect was that was moved,

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but that was, frankly a lot
of prospects who were a bit more

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on the obscure side, at least
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prospect lifers than the superstar prospects we
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Moved. But if you want to
get the coverage on that is going to

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be there's so many trades. Those
are going to be covered over on our

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sister podcast, asked Dabber Prospect Report, Victor and Peter Harlan will talk about

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those instead. Victor and I are
going to focus today on what happened at

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the NHL level and how those will
impact your dynasty teams. And I went

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back to set these up. We
can go back. I don't you go

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back as far as you want,
but we need to go back prior to

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the deadline, and I started with
the Christopher tannev CHRISTANNEV trade that the Dallas

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Stars made. I like how the
NHL teams now have a contract laundering operation

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where one team takes the first shot
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salary, and then it goes to
a second so the contract down basically shrinks

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down to a fourth of the original
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But the Calgary Flames moved him via
the New Jersey Devils, and everybody

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got a payoff in the end,
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That certainly, Chris Tannev has been
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think the cool kids like him as
far as some of the advanced stuff that

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he does. He hasn't always been
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now moves to a legitimate Cup contender, and he was the bell of the

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ball coming in among the defensemen or
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It's hard to say what this is
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with the Flames. We'll talk about
another defenseman later, and maybe crowd up

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the things in the Stars. What
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you make of I feel like Chris
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Dynasty purposes, but at least he'll
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the rest of the season. Yeah. I think there's a few things that

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happened here. For one, Kristanev
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we always talk about players on good
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don't get as many blocks, they
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and that's probably going to be true
for Tanev, who had been a beast

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with the piles, particularly the blocks. He's not much of a hitter,

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but he blocks a ton of shots. One hundred and seventy one so far

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this year. That's a lot.
And the Flames were surprisingly a pretty decent

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team, but there's no doubt that
Dallas is the better team. They're a

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Cup contender, I would say,
clearly, and he's going to have a

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little bit of a different role there, so that'll be interesting to see,

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and I would imagine fewer perif roles. In fact, in a couple of

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leagues that picked him up as a
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and because of the priffs and so
far they've dried up in Dallas. Not

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terribly surprising. In fact, I'm
looking at right now, through three games

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that he's played with the Stars,
he has zero blocks, and in the

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previous few games before that he was
averaging around three, So that's a pretty

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big drop off. But he also
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which he didn't do I believe at
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think he had one goal before that. Yeah, so I think he probably

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will luck into a few more points, but I think the Priffs are going

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to dry up. So if you
were like me and picked up Tanev and

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thinking maybe he could be a good
Priffs guy, I'm not sure that's going

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to be the case. You might
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I do think he could look into
some points, so for a depth option,

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that could be pretty good. But
I also think that there's another kind

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of possibility here that's peripheral to that, and that is that that Tanev so

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far he's played with high skin it
or he's played a sort of bottom pairing

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minutes. But I think that he
could make a really good fit with Thomas

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Harley, and Harley has had a
bit of a breakout season so far this

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year. But I think that he's
someone who has a lot of skill.

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I've been a big fan of his
for a long time, and he doesn't

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need but I think he could really
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I think that Harley could be the
beneficiary of unlocking even more offense from him,

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even more than what's happened this So
far this season, he's got a

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forty six point pace, which is
almost double what he's ever done. Small

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sample sizes, but he's looking really
good and he's really coming into his own.

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But I think anyone that's not Hi
skinning on that team could really been

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to fit from a stable partner like
that. So that might not happen so

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much rest of this season. And
if you already have Harley in Dynasty,

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then you're probably holding on to him. But maybe if you could acquire him

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as a speculative ad because he is
cold right now, and I do think

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that Harley is going to turn it
back around. What do you think about

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that, Jesse? Yeah, I
think that's fair. You would think that

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the very first thing that a player
could do fitting into a new team is

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stand in front of the puck.
That doesn't change with your defense. You

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just stand in front of it.
Let it hit you. That's a block

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shot, So who the heck knows? Who the heck knows? Next,

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we've got the Anthony Mantha trade.
Anthony Manta, he and I have had

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a rocky relationship over the last couple
of years, so much hope, and

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he came to the Capitals. Then
he was miserable for a long time,

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and then this year he got good
again, probably because he was playing as

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one of the few established forwards among
a lot of guys who were moonlighting from

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Hershey. But the Washington Capitals managed
to acquire a second and a worth round

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pick. Vegas's second round pick,
of course, is likely to be pretty

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late, and they retain some money
to send Anthony Manta to the Vegas Golden

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Knights, who always get a million
players. You have to think that this

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is going to hurt Anthony Manson's value
because he really was filling the vacuum with

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the Capitals, having himself a nice
season, but hard to see him playing

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a prominent role with the Golden Knights. What do you think, vicker Oh,

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I absolutely think you're right about that. I don't think that Manta is

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going to increase his time on ice, and it was already trending down for

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the last several seasons. He peaked
when he was traded that Detroit season to

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Washington, and a little bit before
that he was playing almost nineteen minutes and

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then he's trended down. He's lost
several minutes since then, playing just over

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fourteen minutes, and I have to
imagine he might even lose a lot more

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than that playing in Vegas where they're
pretty stacked in the top six, and

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they even got more players that we'll
talk about later in the show, and

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then when everyone's healthy. It's going
to be hard to imagine that. But

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he really has resurrected his career,
and I think Mantha is the kind of

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guy who's much more suited for depth
role. I think maybe early on we

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thought he could be like one of
the guys on a team, like be

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a top line winger, but it's
been pretty clear for a while that he's

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not that. But he can still
be a useful piece and he can have

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some good depth scoring. The forty
eight point pace he's on now is a

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throwback to what he did in his
first full season in Washington, playing a

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little bit more. I think the
other concern is the power play, right

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is really he's not going to get
on that top power play in Vegas,

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it doesn't seem so maybe he'll get
some second power play time, and he's

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probably going to get just a handful
of power play points moving forward. Caught

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far cry from his early Detroit days
where he was getting double digits. That

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seems like a thing of the past. So it definitely seems like some depth

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scoring, although they do score more. That's something that you have to factor

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in. But I can't imagine his
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think if you had, if someone
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better team contender, and you could
flip him for something decent if the trade

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Dell line hasn't passed in your league, I would do that. You probably

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take what you could get for him. They think just sure, yeah.

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And I think the other thing is
he's an expiring contract, so for dynasty

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purposes, he is going to probably
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in a more right sized contract next
year, turning thirty years old on another

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NHL team in all likelihood, but
so he could be a bit of a

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bilo in the off season depending on
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Next we're going to talk about another
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League. And then as vlad Tarasenko, he moved out to from the Ottawa

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Senators to the Florida Panthers relatively reasonable
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the Senator's got a fourth and a
third round pick. But it depends on

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what the Panthers do in the postseason. Kind of a reverse a pivot claud

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Geru of an established guy, except
Klaudjeru went to the Senators after the Panthers.

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Anyway, flat Terrasenko back on relevant
team. What do you think,

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Victor, I whispered in his ear
how much you dislike him? So that's

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that's clearly the reason why he's doing
so well. I like him too,

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but not this week because he's killing
me. I know, I know.

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He was part of my many acquisitions
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I had a bunch of extra cap
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But he's not part of the problem. I'm happy with him obviously what

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was doing right now. And obviously
it's a great situation being playing in Florida.

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They're obviously a really good team and
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Of course, there's always a little
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prime deployment are you going to get? But so far he was lining up

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with Barkoff and Reinhart. I'm not
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than playing with those two. Quite
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pretty great, but Barkoff there was
a tweet about all the guys he's made

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into kind of superstars and made a
ton of money for them, and guys

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that you don't even think about anymore, like the Donov, who even wants

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him anymore. But playing alongside Barkov, he was a star, and Tarashenko

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is no slouch on his own,
but next to those two, that's pretty

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exciting. You have to like that. Of course, it's only one game,

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and I think he had two goals
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necessarily expect that to continue forever.
But you're pretty excited about what it looks

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like so far. You had two
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Calgary, So yeah, I think
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there's going to be a more exciting
improvement so far that all those guys we've

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talked about, and he might be
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the most. And you went from
Ottawa that's a floundering team didn't quite work

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out too. Florida might be one
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They sure look like they're going to
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they do have some depths. But
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that they don't necessarily just give equal
playing time to all their lines. They

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definitely have some top players that they
give a little bit more time on ice

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two, and so you like to
see that. So I'm pretty bullish on

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him. Six points in four games. I don't think it'll continue quite that

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much, and I don't think we're
seeing ninety point Terrasenco that we saw two

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years ago. I don't know that
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but I think we could probably expect
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pace. He was on fifty five
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seventy five ish rest of season is
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that, Jesse? It's possible.
It's just what kind of a hot run

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he gets on and how quickly he
clicks. But no of the Florida Panthers

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are the top team in the NHL. Five points percentage by points. They

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are no joke if you still think
of them as that plucky underdog that upset

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the Boston Bruins last year. They're
above Boston in the standings now, so

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moving on, we've got the Colorado
Avalanche of Philadelphia Flyers. Colorado admits defeat

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and sends Ryan Johanson with some more
of that some more of that routine money

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that they had before, over to
the Philadelphia Flyers. They pay them a

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twenty twenty five first round pick,
which must make Johansson feel great, and

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in return they get back Sean Walker
and a lesser pick from a couple of

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years. Hence, Sean Walker was
having a nice rebound season. I remember,

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at times we've dismissed him, or
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but he's been dismissed. But he
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And simultaneously, Brian Johansson, who
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took over coaching the Columbus Blue Jackets, his first move was to, you

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know, embarrass Ryan Johanson and then
trade him away. So I find it

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ironic that now he's back with Tortorella. Maybe all is forgiven at this point,

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but probably he is not there to
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freaking playoff team right now, so
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But what do you think of this
trade Victor Sean Walker? Is that brief

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glimpse of hope that we got with
him gone at this point? Yeah?

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I think so. I think that
I was talking about this before the deadline,

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and he was of all the trade
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camp of wherever he goes, it's
probably gonna be worse good for him exciting

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to play for the Avalanche. I
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I think there's some good depth there. I don't think he's bo byram Good.

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I think he does some different things
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the team and maybe he'll get similar
number of priffs because that is something he's

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really good at and on his hits
and blocks are generally really good shots.

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Not so much, but he is
a good peripherals guy and can eat up

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minutes. But I don't think that
the points are necessarily going to continue.

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His high was a few years ago
in LA thirty one point pace, which

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is close to where he's at now, and maybe he'll get similar number of

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points in Colorado. I'm not really
sure about that, but you look at

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his play driving numbers, and they've
always been met to pore over his NHL

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career, and then this season,
all of a sudden, and he's driving

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play really well and being really good
defensively and offensively creating all these chances.

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Did he suddenly just become really good
or I just think a lot of those

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Florida guys, sorry Philly, you
guys are thriving in that system that Towards

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is having them play, and I
think he was one of them. So

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I think you'll see some regression probably
in his play driving numbers, but you'll

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continue to see good priffs. I
think the funny thing about Rai Jo I

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don't think he's interesting to talk about, but it is interesting that he was

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set to be the highest paid player
ever to play in the AHL, and

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suddenly when there was I guess they
were trying to flip him to another team

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for an asset, and Brier couldn't
find a buyer. So all of a

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sudden, Ryan Johanson was injured.
Because if you're injured, you get your

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full salary. But if you're not
injured and you have to go to the

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HL, then you get less.
And obviously it would be it'd probably be

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a big blow to the ego to
have to report to the AHL after being

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this NHL star. So anyways,
that's always funny. Don't you think maybe

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the injury was to his he go
Victor Boom, I just blew your mind.

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Now we got the big one,
Victor, the big one after all

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guys who have come up over the
years, the Buffalo Sabers, the Colorado

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Avalanche deal Bowen Byram to the Buffalo
Sabers. No longer is he buried among

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four big time defenseman in Colorado.
Now he's only got to deal with the

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own power in rastments Stalin And then
meantime Colorado gets Casey Middlestat. Boy have

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they needed a center for a while. In middle Stat, after years of

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being the disappointment to us, has
improved. He's done pretty well in the

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last couple of years in Buffalo.
So I gotta feel like this is a

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bit of an improvement for both players. Byron is less buried and middle Stat

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is given an opportunity with a better
scoring team. And I think I saw

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he might be playing on the second
power plant. I'd have to go back

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and look at that. But what
do you think they're victor about these two

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players fate? Yeah, I do
agree that it probably helps both. Yeah,

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Byron was never going to take a
car, but he was also being

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He was also behind Taves, and
sometimes even Gerard was getting some opportunities instead

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of him. I think that we
saw some hilarious things in that first game

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that he had, and the second
game was maybe a little less exciting,

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but he played a ton of time. He never this season, scrolling through

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his game lug, he never played
over twenty three minutes, and that was

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rare. Twenty two to twenty three
was rare. But he's playing twenty five

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plus minutes in Buffalo, which makes
sense because he's a really good player,

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and there were some great clips.
I don't know if you saw it,

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but there were times where he was
basically like trying to direct his Buffalo teammates

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were to go on the power play
and people were just not in the right

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spots and he was passing to open
space and people weren't filling it, and

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I just imagine it must be so
frustrating for him because he's I know where

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you need to be and you're just
not there. But he did score two

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points in his debut and none in
the second. But I do think that

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people are saying, oh, but
there's Dolleen and power. I don't necessarily

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think that's the issue. I think
Dollen is certainly someone he's not going to

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surpass. But own power I don't
think, and I never really thought,

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was like this really great dynamic offensive
defenseman. He's a really great two way

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defenseman. But I think Byram is
probably going to continue is going to get

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more power play time than power moving
forward, that's probably going to be plus

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minus. It might shift back and
forth a little bit, but I think

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Biram is more likely to get second
power play and maybe they'll even put him

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on the top in it because he
is a sort of dynamic skater and mover.

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I think he'll there's more chance for
him to get up on that top

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power play in Buffalo than there was
in Colorado, So I like that for

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him. I think it probably does
hurt power. So if you're an own

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power manager, then you might want
to take that into consideration because it's going

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to be even harder for him to
get five minutes. But yeah, overall,

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I've been a Byrum stand for a
really long time and I still think

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he's a great player. I don't
understand why he's been so bad and his

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underlying metrics this year. One thing
that we've always been able to say about

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Byron is that even though he doesn't
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he's an awesome play driver and he's
you know, he was really good

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in that Cup run. He was
like an X factor that no team could

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account for because they had to manage
mccarr and all the other guys and then

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Byron would just slip in and make
them look silly at times. But this

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year has been different. Those underlying
metrics are not good, so I don't

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know if he is he's had these
post concussive injury issues. I don't know

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if they're rearing their ugly head,
but his play driving numbers this year have

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been awful, so I don't know
what's going on that. But hopefully he

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can turn that around because the longer
history has shown that he is really good

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and maybe that's just a shift so
far this year. Hopefully that turns around.

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But in terms of Casey, Middlestat. I have been long skeptical of

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middle Stat, but man, he
really has turned things around lately, and

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he has looked really good in a
depth role in Buffalo, and I really

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like this for him. I think
that he has really shown the last couple

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of seasons that he's a sixty plus
point player with really not the most amazing

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deployment or linemates. He's gotten some
skinner and tuck at times, but he's

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also getting you know, a lot
of Jordan Greenway and Peterka and some other

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guys, a little Zach Benson,
which Zach Benson is a great player,

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but he's also really young, hasn't
I don't know about that, but I

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think that the Avs when they won
the Cup, they had Nasen Kadri,

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who was an awesome two see,
and then they tried out Raijo and Comfort

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and there were some other pieces in
their kerfoot. I think that middle Stat

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is probably the best of those other
guys. I don't think he's Caudre,

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but I think he's much better than
all the other TWOC options that they've had,

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and I think that he could really
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Having career seasons, so I think
that we could see maybe not so

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much this season or maybe rest of
season with middle stat But I do think

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this is a really really good improvement
for him, and I think that this

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was a this was another suit or
shrewd move by the bia josakk and dealing

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from a position of strength to a
position of need. They had some really

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great defensemen and Byron was back in
the being pushed back a little bit,

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and what they really needed in Crave
was that twoc And I think it's also

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important that he's an RFA this summer, so they have his rights and they

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can negotiate with him and hopefully,
if things go well, they can lock

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him up for a long term deal. That's a massive win for the ABS

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as well. Think I wonder how
many trade offers over the years where Jill

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Sakik got a call and another GM
said, hey, would you be interested

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in trading Bowen Byron and Saki just
hung up the phone. And but this

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was finally the deal he had to
take, and yeah, he's not screwing

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around, speaking of teams not screwing
around. So imagine for a moment that

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you're the Edmonton Oilers. You have
absolutely no money and you need a center.

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What are you going to do?
Turns out, then, in the

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year of our Lord twenty twenty four, you trade for a thirty four year

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old Adam Henrik by by giving up
a first round pick, a fifth round

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pick, another fourth round pick.
I guess they got a seventh back,

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and you get the Tampa Bay Lightning, who are always trying to finagle somebody

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else to take some money to actually
launder the deal and take three million of

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the retention so that you can filter
it all the way down to an incredibly

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cheap contract for both him and Sam
Carrick, who is another player they needed

406
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,920
to get in to field the roster, another old guy. Do you know

407
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,880
that Connor McDavid is actually the youngest
player among the Ford group except for Ryan

408
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:47,920
McLeod. Well, Ryan McLeod is
he good? Is he doing well lately?

409
00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,720
On Ryan McLoud? No, never
heard of him, Never heard of

410
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,640
the guy. But anyway, so
the Ebdon olders did that. It was

411
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,519
that tough in the center market right
now. Adam Henrik, who we've considered

412
00:27:57,519 --> 00:28:03,720
too boring to cover on team intros
even for the Anaheim Ducks, but nonetheless

413
00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:07,640
here we are. He has got
a great opportunity because we know that the

414
00:28:07,759 --> 00:28:15,440
Oilers need depth centerman and he's skating
with Evander kin. That's pretty nice.

415
00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:18,319
Evander Kent, He's a score.
He does good things. Henrik has been

416
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:22,920
getting no power play time, a
little bit less average time on ice,

417
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,960
but he's obviously with a better team
at this point. What do you think

418
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:34,759
is Adam Henrik going to vault himself
into fantasy relevance here, Victor And what

419
00:28:34,799 --> 00:28:40,480
do you make of this? No? I don't think so, but he

420
00:28:40,519 --> 00:28:45,200
does go to a much better team, and I think one of the things

421
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,039
that was fun about Henrique was the
off night schedule of the Ducks and the

422
00:28:48,079 --> 00:28:52,799
fact that he was basically playing top
line or at least top six minutes.

423
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,599
That is not going to happen in
Edmonton. I guess there's always the possibility

424
00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,240
that they put him up with either
dry Side or or McDavid, but that

425
00:29:00,319 --> 00:29:03,480
seems very unlikely. They brought him
in to be that three seed, to

426
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,559
be that bottom six center, that
depth, hard to play against kind of

427
00:29:07,559 --> 00:29:11,519
guy, so I can only imagine
that's going to really tank his minutes,

428
00:29:11,599 --> 00:29:17,279
since so far it has with Edmonton, he was playing closer to twenty minutes

429
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:23,079
on average in in Anaheim and his
two games in Edmonton, he's lost about

430
00:29:23,079 --> 00:29:26,839
six minutes of time on I side, That's what I would have expected,

431
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,519
and the if you're wondering, it's
going to be hard to have that many

432
00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:33,319
periffs because of the time. But
he's had as a hit in each game,

433
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:37,480
a shot in each game. That's
about it. What I find interesting

434
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:40,759
is I thought they would have him
take more face offs, but he was

435
00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:44,839
taking a ton of face offs.
Since so far in Edmonton he's taken zero

436
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,359
in two games. That's strange to
me. I thought he would do more

437
00:29:48,359 --> 00:29:51,200
of that, but no, I
think this is bad from Henrique. From

438
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:56,200
a fantasy perspective, clearly it's not
going to help him, and I think

439
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,519
from a team perspective, it remains
to be seen. Maybe maybe this could

440
00:29:59,559 --> 00:30:02,359
jive and well and maybe it helps
Skinner and the goalies in the team,

441
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:07,400
but I'm skeptical about that too,
just because even though he's kind of has

442
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,400
this reputation of being like a good
player and like hard to play against or

443
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:15,559
whatever, generally, is underlying metrics
have been not great in terms of his

444
00:30:17,559 --> 00:30:21,799
in terms of his expected goals against, INCURSI against, but he is closer

445
00:30:21,799 --> 00:30:26,200
to average and maybe that maybe some
of that was just Duck related because they've

446
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:32,119
had they've struggled, But I think
that overall it's not great. Krik is

447
00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:37,240
an interesting one just from the perspective
of he's thirty two, but he's been

448
00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:41,160
a prospect, he's been prospect eligible
in certain leagues for a whiles at two

449
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:45,799
hundred and twenty six games now,
but he's had sprinkled in games just over

450
00:30:45,839 --> 00:30:49,400
the last several years. And anyways, he's someone who I've always thought of

451
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,680
as a role player, but he
gets a ton of priffs. His hits

452
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:56,799
are huge. He's like over two
hits per game and not that many blocks.

453
00:30:57,200 --> 00:31:00,160
The question is that really going to
continue doing all of that in ten

454
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,640
eleven minutes of time on ice.
So he has actually increased his time on

455
00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,640
ice this season and so that's interesting, but that has been translated so far

456
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:12,160
to Edmonton. He's playing a lot
less, which I would have expected.

457
00:31:12,359 --> 00:31:15,599
But yeah, I think that's the
question is can that continue? Can he

458
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,559
continue to hit as much? So
far he has three hits in two games

459
00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:23,799
where he was getting two three four
hits a night in Anaheim so probably not

460
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,680
much there for Kerrick. But in
really deep leagues. There's actually one league

461
00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:32,000
where I'm considering acquiring him. It's
that deep. Probably don't expect what he

462
00:31:32,039 --> 00:31:37,160
was doing in Anaheim to continue for
Sam Carrick. The New York Rangers exhibit

463
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,000
beat of how tough things are on
the streets when it comes to centerman.

464
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:47,559
Acquire Alex Windberg from the Seattle crack
and send a second and a fourth back

465
00:31:47,599 --> 00:31:49,599
and get them to retain some salary. Now I get it from a real

466
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:56,759
life NHL perspective, I'm not I
guess I can't diss Alex Windberg from a

467
00:31:56,799 --> 00:32:00,720
fantasy perspective. Nobody hates shooting the
puck more than Alex Wantberg. He averages

468
00:32:00,759 --> 00:32:05,720
what like one in a quarter per
game. He just actively hurts your shots

469
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,640
on goal if you're playing him as
a centerman, and he'll be going definitely

470
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,960
to more of a depth role,
as we covered in the preseason this year.

471
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,240
Apparently he was a TikTok sensation last
summer, as all the ladies fell

472
00:32:17,279 --> 00:32:20,839
in love with Alex went Berg to
the point where he and his wife had

473
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,759
to go on the internet and please
ask people to just calm it down.

474
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:29,799
Now his picture will be placed up
in Times Square, and there's no doubt

475
00:32:29,839 --> 00:32:31,880
that it's coming back. But Victor, what do you make of Alex Winberg

476
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:37,799
the New York Ranger. Yeah,
he's not interesting to me. I think

477
00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:42,359
he was maybe mildly interesting in Seattle, just because they deploy their lines so

478
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,519
horizontally and give a lot of time
on ice to people who, you know,

479
00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:47,799
maybe they shouldn't. Maybe you know, we all want them to give

480
00:32:47,839 --> 00:32:52,960
more time to the Jared McCanns of
the world, but they don't. So

481
00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:59,480
he was playing twenty eighteen twenty twenty
one minutes in Seattle, which he probably

482
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,279
shouldn't have, and he's going to
be more of so far. In his

483
00:33:01,319 --> 00:33:06,319
first game with the Rangers, he
played fifteen minutes, which is about what

484
00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:09,240
you would expect, and also zero
shots, but he does get the occasional

485
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:14,160
assist and New York is obviously a
good team. I don't really think that's

486
00:33:14,279 --> 00:33:19,119
going to continue or help him too
much, just because he's going to be

487
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,039
pushed on the lineup so much.
And as you mentioned, the shots,

488
00:33:22,119 --> 00:33:28,319
he has eighty two shots in sixty
games. That's just ridiculous. So yeah,

489
00:33:28,319 --> 00:33:30,799
that's the frustrating thing. He just
does not shoot and he's playing.

490
00:33:30,839 --> 00:33:36,119
He played that game with Cocko and
Will Cooley. Yeah, he's not going

491
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,720
to be playing with the Criders,
Panerens tur Checks, even Lafrenier. So

492
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,079
not much to be excited about there. He's not going to sniff the power

493
00:33:43,079 --> 00:33:45,559
play. Yeah. Not excited about
Alex Wendberg. I'm even mad that we're

494
00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:51,119
they spent as much time as we
did already. Yeah, I probably should

495
00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:53,759
have prioritized some other ones here.
Let's talk about Noah Hannifin, because he

496
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:58,400
also was one of the big names
at the deadline. Hannafin, he has

497
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,279
been an obscure and his profile was
raised, maybe partas because he's Calgary,

498
00:34:02,279 --> 00:34:07,000
but he's definitely gotten pretty strong over
the years since being dealt for Dougie Hamilton

499
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:13,119
once upon a time, and this
time it was the Philadelphia Flyers plain middleman

500
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,000
to get him to the Vegas gold
the Knights who just trade for everybody now

501
00:34:16,039 --> 00:34:22,519
somehow victor the Calgary Flames. They
traded away two of their big players here

502
00:34:22,599 --> 00:34:27,599
at the deadline, and somehow they
still have twenty of their twenty three active

503
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:32,639
roster slots with guys already signed contracts
for next year. The Jacob Pelletier nick

504
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:37,760
it's insane and Dylan Dubay is not. Yeah, it's absolutely insane. There

505
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,920
actually is only one team in the
NHL with more. I don't get what's

506
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:45,400
going on in Calgary, but anyway, Noah Hannafin moves out. Opportunities perhaps

507
00:34:45,559 --> 00:34:50,960
open in Calgary for other guys,
and presumably Hannafin is going to fall off

508
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,960
in Vegas where he's not going to
have these uncontested power play minutes. Oh

509
00:34:57,079 --> 00:35:00,119
yeah, I don't really. I
don't know why they would let him or

510
00:35:00,119 --> 00:35:04,880
make him run the power play.
I mean, they have been issues with

511
00:35:05,639 --> 00:35:07,760
Shaye theatre or staying healthy, but
he's healthy now and as long as he

512
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:13,440
and Petrangelo are healthy, I don't
see no hand offin getting any power play

513
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,519
time on ice. You know,
he was having a really nice season,

514
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:21,000
almost fifty point pace, so that
was really good, but some of that

515
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:25,039
was certainly power play related. He
had eight power play points and that's close

516
00:35:25,079 --> 00:35:28,960
to his high. His high was
thirteen. He's done eleven. All other

517
00:35:29,079 --> 00:35:31,760
seasons he's had fewer than ten power
play points, so it hasn't been too

518
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:37,280
heavy on the power play point department, But overall, he's just I think

519
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,840
this is one of those things that
just helps the team way more than it's

520
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:44,559
going to help no Hannifin's fantasy value
playing with Alice Petrangelo, what he is,

521
00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:46,559
what he's been doing, that's going
to be good. It'd be even

522
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:52,480
cooler if he played with Shaye Theato
or maybe in terms of his potential to

523
00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:54,000
score points. But either either way, I think he's going to be a

524
00:35:54,039 --> 00:35:58,480
top four there for a strong team, and they do score a lot,

525
00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:02,559
he might actually continue at a similar
pace. I think May fifty is maybe

526
00:36:02,599 --> 00:36:06,960
a bit rich, but I think
certainly in that forty to fifty range is

527
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:10,000
where I would expect him rest of
the season. So you like that for

528
00:36:10,079 --> 00:36:14,199
Noah Hanafinn. In terms of the
time, he probably goes down just a

529
00:36:14,199 --> 00:36:16,559
little bit because he was playing closer
to twenty three twenty four minutes and he's

530
00:36:16,599 --> 00:36:21,599
probably gonna be between the twenty twenty
two range, So you might decrease the

531
00:36:21,639 --> 00:36:23,599
priffs just a little bit. But
overall, I think this is it's a

532
00:36:23,639 --> 00:36:28,760
horizontal move because he loses some time
and opportunity, but he's playing for a

533
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,440
much better team that scores more.
It's probably pretty decent, and I think

534
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:36,360
if you had Hannafin, you're probably
not too upset with that, especially as

535
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,960
everyone left Calgary and you wonder how
they're ever gonna score again. But I

536
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:45,719
think that it's probably not too bad, right, not too bad, not

537
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,119
too bad. Indeed, Victor,
we're gonna take a break, come back.

538
00:36:49,239 --> 00:37:04,880
We've got more guys to discuss selfish
right steps breaking down, Yet the

539
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:07,599
fuck don't go. He's still gonna
be there. And you got jumps and

540
00:37:07,679 --> 00:37:12,480
taking coast to coast talking still shot
bad Dons. That's a good breakaway.

541
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:19,480
Get the bound boys. Okay,
we have covered team with relevant players.

542
00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:22,400
Who do you think about a lot? I'm gonna zoom through a couple of

543
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:27,000
these here, Victor, and perhaps
mentioned a couple of them in a row.

544
00:37:27,679 --> 00:37:30,400
You stop me, or you comment
after the fact whether any of these

545
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:35,559
trip your trigger, and whether there
are any guys to comment on. Joel

546
00:37:35,679 --> 00:37:38,360
Edmondson goes to the Leafs from the
Washington Capitals. I don't see a whole

547
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:44,480
lot there. The Red Wings and
Sharks. Flip Radham Simmock, who goes

548
00:37:44,559 --> 00:37:47,559
to the Red Wings for Clym Costin
Well, Clym Coston yet again moving around

549
00:37:47,639 --> 00:37:53,559
somehow, the Sharks a choir salary, and for not only this year.

550
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:59,440
In that deal, the Sabers send
Eric Johnson over to the Flyers, and

551
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:04,880
the Predators swap Wade Allison for Dennis
Gourian Up. Any of that stuff interest

552
00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:08,079
you, Victor, I just have
to say Shimmick's name correctly. But other

553
00:38:08,199 --> 00:38:13,239
than that, does he deserve that, Victor? Yeah, everybody deserved.

554
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,840
People deserve to have their name said. Forget I said that. We'll draw

555
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:20,000
that from the record, your honor. He was good a couple of years

556
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,920
ago, Rydeem Shimmick when the Sharks
were good. He was a pretty tough

557
00:38:23,079 --> 00:38:27,679
guy to play against. He had
a devastating knee injury, and it's amazing

558
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,239
he's playing again. I actually watched
him at a recent Barracuda game and he

559
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:36,039
does not look like he moves very
well, and that was never his strong

560
00:38:36,119 --> 00:38:38,639
suit. But that's a little worrisome. But he's a depth guy. He's

561
00:38:38,880 --> 00:38:43,039
your physical, tough to play against, hard nosed, like old school kind

562
00:38:43,079 --> 00:38:46,360
of defenseman. I don't really understand
why Detroit wants that. That's just strange.

563
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,400
They keep it seems like they keep
loading up and blocking Simo and Edvanson.

564
00:38:50,519 --> 00:38:52,800
That just seems like that what Stevie
Eiserman's doing, and it it really

565
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:57,480
pisses me off. Kostin, Yeah, he's a banger guy. I think

566
00:38:57,559 --> 00:39:01,320
that Sharks want these low controlled assets. Maybe they'll flip him at the next

567
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:04,719
deadline. I don't know. That
was a strange one to me too.

568
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,559
Wasn't really quite sure about that.
Garry onov Man. I really was interested

569
00:39:08,599 --> 00:39:12,800
in him. When Dallas went on
that Cup run, he seemed like he

570
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,920
had this untapped offensive potential. But
I think the answer is no, I

571
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:20,519
don't think he does. I think
he maybe it was just a situation.

572
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,119
Dallas was so good and he could, you know, flex that to his

573
00:39:24,639 --> 00:39:30,559
benefit. But he has really struggled
to do anything offensively since then went to

574
00:39:30,639 --> 00:39:35,360
Montreal, went to Nashville, went
to Philly, and he really hasn't had

575
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:37,679
anything more than a forty five point
pace. So I don't think. I

576
00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,519
don't think he's anything. I probably
shouldn't even have mentioned him. But let's

577
00:39:40,559 --> 00:39:45,480
move on Jesse, all right,
Anthony Douclaire, the Sharks move out yet

578
00:39:45,519 --> 00:39:49,679
another player. This one is exactly
what we're talking about, trying to flip

579
00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:52,400
for a little bit of value.
They get Tampa's third round pick this year

580
00:39:52,519 --> 00:39:57,039
for moving to Claire obviously had an
opportunity to be featured a little bit in

581
00:39:57,079 --> 00:40:00,760
San Jose. He's got a history
of succeeding and placed in those positions in

582
00:40:00,840 --> 00:40:07,599
Tampa once again gets themselves a little
offensive producer. Looks like that Deuclaire is

583
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:09,480
going to get to play with stamp
Coos and Sorelli right now. That's where

584
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:13,440
he's listed in the Lions. That's
pretty good. What do you think of

585
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:19,239
this move? Victor the Duke Anthony
du Claire, Yeah, he was.

586
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,000
It was funny because I think there
was some frustration with his play in San

587
00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:29,480
Jose and there was some scratches.
They wanted him to play a more complete

588
00:40:29,519 --> 00:40:30,599
game. I don't know, there
was some weird things going on with them,

589
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,079
were there, But I think that, Yeah, he did show a

590
00:40:34,159 --> 00:40:37,559
couple of years ago in Florida that
he had some potential and he had sixty

591
00:40:37,679 --> 00:40:42,199
plus point paces in his couple of
seasons there in Florida except for the last

592
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,360
one where he was injured. So
I wonder if that was part of Tampa's

593
00:40:45,519 --> 00:40:47,400
So they probably saw a lot of
him when he was down there in Florida

594
00:40:47,599 --> 00:40:52,039
nearby, and so potentially that was
part of it. But yeah, he's

595
00:40:52,039 --> 00:40:53,519
a guy that, you know,
in terms of the low cap, a

596
00:40:53,639 --> 00:40:59,480
reasonable cap. Good move to acquire
someone who has shown some depth scoring,

597
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,760
and they certainly could use that.
They have really thinned out a lot of

598
00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:07,320
a lot of their forward group,
so he's someone who I would be.

599
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,840
I think that's a pretty exciting move
in terms of what you know, what

600
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,440
you could get for players at the
deadline who moved to a better position.

601
00:41:15,559 --> 00:41:19,480
I think Doclaire is probably one of
the more exciting ones, certainly playing with

602
00:41:19,599 --> 00:41:23,079
stamcos he seemed like he's taken a
step back this year. He's slowed down

603
00:41:23,079 --> 00:41:27,599
a little bit, but he's still
an excellent scorer. And Sorelli is a

604
00:41:27,639 --> 00:41:30,840
good play driver, and we know
that Tampa moves guys around. Douclayer might

605
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:35,320
get some time with Koutra or point
or whatever. So I think this is

606
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,000
a really good move because Douclaire clearly
seems like he's someone who could fit nicely

607
00:41:38,039 --> 00:41:43,840
into that top six. So I
think you're pretty excited about that. Yeah,

608
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,239
I think that's fair enough. Anythingy
to do Claire, I think probably

609
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:52,119
produces more. This is the big
one, Victor. And it's not like

610
00:41:52,199 --> 00:41:54,480
I put these in order of importance
necessarily. I put them in the order

611
00:41:54,559 --> 00:41:58,880
that they showed up on cap Friendly
mostly here, although I've moved a couple

612
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,599
out of order to get them together. Carolina, though, acquires Jake Ginsel

613
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:07,199
from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jake Gensel
and Ty Smith with a little bit of

614
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:12,800
salary routine by the Pens in return
for Michael bunting some prospects. Again,

615
00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:16,400
Cruz Lucius, I would like to
listen to the other listen to Daber prospects

616
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:20,360
report, and you get some of
that stuff and as good, possibly as

617
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:24,880
good as twenty twenty four first at
least a twenty to twenty four early second

618
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:31,679
or mid second from Philly and a
fifth. So there are some or Pittsburgh

619
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:36,079
is restocking the fridge. There's no
doubt about it. In Gensel, it

620
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:38,440
was time to move in. This
was Carolina's big move at the deadline.

621
00:42:38,599 --> 00:42:42,559
Is it gonna help Jake? Here's
what I will say, And hat tip

622
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,679
to Dimitri Philipovich. I was listening
to his show the other day where he

623
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:50,719
mentioned Carolina rarely pushes in their chips. They sit back a lot and try

624
00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:53,960
to be very patient. They pushed
in some chips this time, and Carolina

625
00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:58,800
has got a nice prospect system.
They pushed in some guys. The broadcast

626
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,679
I was watching yesterday, Kynes pointed
out that this year's Knes our third in

627
00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:07,760
recorded history. That's back to the
mid two thousands in corsi four percentage.

628
00:43:07,159 --> 00:43:12,559
We all know that's Carolina's m o. They out shoot, attempt you.

629
00:43:13,079 --> 00:43:16,280
That's what they're trying to do is
just keep throwing pucks at you at a

630
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:22,239
higher proportion. Only last year's Kanes, which are the record holders, and

631
00:43:22,559 --> 00:43:25,559
the President's Trophy Avalanche from a couple
of years ago have had a higher coursy

632
00:43:25,639 --> 00:43:30,440
four percentage for a year. So
why not acquire Jake Cansel who is number

633
00:43:30,519 --> 00:43:35,480
seven among eight hundred and seven players
in the NHL this year in on ice

634
00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:38,719
corsi four per sixty. When he
is on the ice, Pittsburgh is chucking

635
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:43,840
the puck at the net. You
have to think that will help in terms

636
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:45,920
of him fitting into this offense.
It's always a question you're going to come

637
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:47,800
in and March, are you going
to be able to fit in with a

638
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:52,639
group of players and who knows,
but certainly Jake Gnsel is accustomed to the

639
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:57,159
idea of we're going to take shots
in volume, in attempt shots in volume,

640
00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:00,559
so I have to think there's at
least a change that he's going to

641
00:44:00,599 --> 00:44:04,039
be able to fit in. Those
Carolina guys are pretty savvy, and for

642
00:44:04,159 --> 00:44:07,559
them to make this move tells me
that they think it is going to click.

643
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:12,800
What do you think Victor Genssel's individual
value could decline a little bit,

644
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,519
but I think he's going to be
successful with Carolina in terms of what they

645
00:44:16,599 --> 00:44:22,719
can do and probably maintaining similar value
for the rest of the year. Yeah.

646
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,639
I think it depends on how you
define success, which you just did

647
00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:28,800
both for the team and for the
player. I think if you're talking about

648
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,440
the team, I could not agree
more this is an awesome move. He's

649
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:36,440
a finisher and that's what they've always
lacked, and if you look at what

650
00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:38,920
do they need and what do they
get, they seem like they refuse to

651
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:44,199
get the thing that they needed always
every deadline, which you could also argue

652
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:49,360
was maybe goaltending, but finishing when
you have such a strong coursey is super

653
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,840
important, and they've been the case
example the Carolina Hurricanes of what happens when

654
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,800
you have great play driving and not
great finishing, and that's been frustrating.

655
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:00,440
I'm sure from their perspective they haven't
got the playoffs ls they feel like they

656
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:05,800
probably deserve. But I think there's
also we could have a bigger discussion about

657
00:45:06,039 --> 00:45:09,039
is that strategy worth it or is
it better to have high quality, dangerous

658
00:45:09,159 --> 00:45:14,159
chances even if you only get four
to six of them a game. Anyways,

659
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:15,800
that is what they do, and
I think Denzol is a good fit.

660
00:45:16,599 --> 00:45:22,159
How will he do playing against next
to a not for sure Hall of

661
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:27,159
famer like Sidney Crosby, I don't
know will he work as well? Aho

662
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,320
is an excellent player, but he's
no Crosby, even at this stage of

663
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:32,039
his career, He's no Crosby.
I think that's going to be really interesting

664
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:37,840
to see. I agree that the
time on ice and the opportunity is probably

665
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:39,280
going to be similar, if not
a little bit worse. He's clearly a

666
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:43,960
top power play guy, but we
know how Carolina deploys their lines, so

667
00:45:44,119 --> 00:45:47,679
he probably will get less. Hopefully
he's just stable to Aho and plays as

668
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:50,719
much as he does, and if
that's the case, it'll be fine.

669
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:53,199
He won't decline too much. But
yeah, you have to really like this

670
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:58,400
in terms of the opportunity of the
Penguin seem like they're just going nowhere,

671
00:45:58,639 --> 00:46:01,760
so that's frustrating. But overall,
I think, yes, this is great

672
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:06,519
for the team and it'll probably be
similar and I do think we're not going

673
00:46:06,599 --> 00:46:08,280
to talk so much about the move, but people were panning this move.

674
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:13,239
I think this is a really smart
move actually for the Penguins, because there's

675
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:15,679
not a whole lot that they could
have gotten. And you could look at

676
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:19,639
these prospects and we'll talk about them
on the DPR show and you can say

677
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,840
that's not anything super exciting, but
you have to remember the Penguins prospect system

678
00:46:23,119 --> 00:46:29,760
sucks. It's terrible. So they
got three decent, two pretty good prospects

679
00:46:30,199 --> 00:46:35,280
that are clearly already near the top
of their prospect board and they were middle

680
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,800
to bottom of the Carolina Hurricane.
So this is why you draft great and

681
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:43,280
have great prospect depth, because even
if you don't use them, you can

682
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:46,199
flex them for really good players.
And this is a point that I always

683
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:52,400
talk to people about in their dynasty
leagues, like having good quality prospects doesn't

684
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,960
always mean you're going to use them
on your team. You might use them

685
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:58,840
as asset management, and that's what
Carolina did, and I think it's brilliant.

686
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:01,599
I'm not sure about Bunting. I
think maybe this helps him, but

687
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:06,119
the pender just they struggle. They're
struggling, and I'm not sure that we've

688
00:47:06,159 --> 00:47:09,039
seen Bunting only really be great when
he's next to stars and playing at the

689
00:47:09,079 --> 00:47:13,360
top of the lineup. Maybe he
plays with Crosby or Walkins. Seems like

690
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:15,800
a shadow of himself now, so
I'm not sure he counts. But it's

691
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:20,960
maybe a little bit better for Bunting. Hard to say, but definitely I

692
00:47:21,079 --> 00:47:24,920
agree with what you said about Gensel. I think it's probably pretty similar to

693
00:47:25,039 --> 00:47:29,719
lateral move for him, which should
be fine. And I actually went after

694
00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:34,360
him in one league and acquired him, and so I'm pretty pretty excited for

695
00:47:34,440 --> 00:47:37,440
this move. Although he's still hurt, I think he should be back in

696
00:47:37,519 --> 00:47:39,719
the next week or so, so
maybe just miss another game or two of

697
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:45,039
his Carolina tenure and hopefully he'll be
in soon, right in time for playoff

698
00:47:45,119 --> 00:47:50,559
matchups, which is pretty exciting.
Yeah, and Bunting's contract lined up perfectly

699
00:47:50,679 --> 00:47:54,119
with Gensel's after the retention, so
that it was a net zero transaction.

700
00:47:54,199 --> 00:47:59,800
But Bunyan has two more years of
contract, so apparently mister Dubas must like

701
00:48:00,079 --> 00:48:04,519
him. In other Carolina news,
if Guinea cuzs nets Off moves there for

702
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,159
a twenty twenty five third round pick, now, I'm going to try not

703
00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:10,960
to talk out of school, but
let me just say I obviously have very

704
00:48:12,039 --> 00:48:15,119
warm feelings toward of Guinea cuzs nets
Off. He was the best player.

705
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:20,440
You'll never get me to say differently. He was the best player during the

706
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:24,920
Caps Stanley Cup victory. On the
other hand, he's been a troubled individual.

707
00:48:25,639 --> 00:48:30,119
He Michael Kempney said on I think
it was Czech television. I'm not

708
00:48:30,159 --> 00:48:35,079
sure if Kempany is Checker Slovak,
but that it was an open secret that

709
00:48:35,199 --> 00:48:38,480
he was I on cocaine for the
entire playoff run when the Caps won.

710
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:43,559
He was then busted for it.
He was banned from international play for four

711
00:48:43,679 --> 00:48:46,920
years, suspended from the NHL for
a while, and that was five years

712
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:52,480
ago, and then now he entered
the player Assistance program. I got to

713
00:48:52,559 --> 00:48:57,519
think that some of his personal demons
have taken a toll on him over the

714
00:48:57,599 --> 00:49:00,400
years, and it's so good to
see him smile again and watching him play

715
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:06,159
in the game yesterday the Canes played, he was out there smiling. He

716
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,360
was out there for a goal.
He didn't score point on it, but

717
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:13,800
he was out there for a goal
from kat Kinyemi and just looking good.

718
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:16,119
He was even smiling when he was
down in Hershey. Maybe being in Raleigh,

719
00:49:16,679 --> 00:49:21,000
North Carolina is not a bad place
for him to be as opposed to

720
00:49:21,239 --> 00:49:23,760
one of the big cities of the
NHL. But I just hope that this

721
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:29,039
is an opportunity for Kuznetsof to maybe
turn around some things that have him been

722
00:49:29,079 --> 00:49:32,360
going right in his life, and
maybe he recovers some of the success that

723
00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:37,840
he had in his prime. But
what he is if Guinny kuznts that I

724
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:40,400
framed it like that, Victor,
you think Kuzi is going to be able

725
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:45,760
to come back and be NHL relevant
again. Yeah, I mean, I

726
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:50,079
think it really all depends on how
interested he is. He's the clearest example

727
00:49:50,159 --> 00:49:52,039
I can ever think of someone who
when he wants to and tries, is

728
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:57,280
amazing, and when he doesn't,
he's just awful, just terrible. Like

729
00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,039
you said, if he's happy if
he's into it. Obviously, whatever has

730
00:50:00,039 --> 00:50:05,480
been happening in Washington has not been
exciting for him, or I don't know

731
00:50:05,559 --> 00:50:07,800
what it is. Maybe there's some
personal demons, as you said, but

732
00:50:07,880 --> 00:50:13,119
he hasn't seemed engaged always and so
that's been a struggle. And hopefully going

733
00:50:13,159 --> 00:50:16,599
to this good, competitive, exciting
team really lights a fire on him,

734
00:50:16,599 --> 00:50:20,480
because you're right, people will always
say, oh Ovi won them the Cup,

735
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:22,719
but it was because nets Off.
He was amazing in that run when

736
00:50:22,760 --> 00:50:28,039
they and it's not like Gobe wasn't
good that year or the other years,

737
00:50:28,119 --> 00:50:31,039
but the big difference was kuznets Off. And of course Breton hope he playing

738
00:50:31,079 --> 00:50:36,039
out of his mind. But yeah, but then you see him when he's

739
00:50:36,119 --> 00:50:39,679
disinterested or lackadaisical, it's frustrating.
So I don't think that he's going to

740
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:44,920
be super exciting because he's going to
get little minutes. But having a player

741
00:50:44,960 --> 00:50:49,239
of that caliber on your third line
is ridiculous for the team. So it's

742
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:53,400
really going to help them, and
maybe maybe he thrives and kicks it in

743
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:57,960
the gear and does really well.
Anything's possible, right, And I do

744
00:50:58,239 --> 00:51:02,880
hope that her things out for himself
and is healthier and happier. Obviously we

745
00:51:04,039 --> 00:51:06,400
wish that and this could be a
really good thing for him, but yeah,

746
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,159
I'm not sure I would count on
that in terms of fantasy production,

747
00:51:09,599 --> 00:51:13,960
and certainly in a cap league,
this is like a non starter, right,

748
00:51:14,079 --> 00:51:17,280
It's just like absolutely, yeah,
no way. There's a reason that

749
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:22,199
the Caps were willing to eat that
much because it is that bottomed out right

750
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:23,480
now with him, But they are
having to eat quite a bit of money.

751
00:51:24,559 --> 00:51:27,800
Yeah, and don't be fooled when
you look at cap friendly and see

752
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:30,840
the three point nine million that the
that the Hurricanes are paying him, because

753
00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:35,360
he still has the seven point eight
as his total contracts. Yeah, that's

754
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:38,719
a lot for someone that's a third
liner and might get thirty forty maybe fifty

755
00:51:38,719 --> 00:51:42,320
point paced rest the season. But
that's probably what you're looking at, so

756
00:51:42,679 --> 00:51:47,079
don't get full by that. Yep. Lorida Panthers acquire Buffalo's captain Kyle lock

757
00:51:47,119 --> 00:51:51,840
Poso. Once again, they're stocking
up for their run, get a veteran

758
00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:57,880
with some leadership experience. The Sabers
pretty much get very little back. They

759
00:51:59,119 --> 00:52:01,400
get maybe a fifth rounder of Florida
wins the Cup. Otherwise the seventh rounder.

760
00:52:01,480 --> 00:52:06,440
Basically they're getting off that contract and
moving on. Maybe they're doing a

761
00:52:06,480 --> 00:52:08,599
favor for the old captain. He's
old, he was only skating thirteen thirty

762
00:52:08,639 --> 00:52:13,000
seven in Buffalo. Hard to think
it can even be worse than that in

763
00:52:13,119 --> 00:52:15,840
Florida. But probably his days fantasy
relevance are well behind him at this point.

764
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:20,320
What do you think, Victor?
Yeah, I'm not super excited about

765
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:23,679
op Poso either. I can't imagine
he's gonna do much, but he did

766
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:28,320
have some flat He has had some
flashes here and there, but he is

767
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,239
definitely someone who struggles to get around
the ice now. But if he can

768
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:35,400
have someone transport the puck, if
on the offensive zone, he can still

769
00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:37,840
do his power forward thing being there
the net and clean up some garbage goals,

770
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:40,039
So that's good for him. But
yeah, I don't Maybe as a

771
00:52:40,039 --> 00:52:45,079
streamer on a really good Florida team, he's obviously a little bit more exciting,

772
00:52:45,159 --> 00:52:47,159
but yeah, probably not unless it's
the deepest of leagues. Are you

773
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:53,800
going after Kyle Locoso? The New
Jersey Devils flip Tyler to Folly to the

774
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:59,639
Jets for a future third and a
second, and they retain some salary the

775
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:04,239
devil had to pivot. They acquired
this guy as one of those guys you

776
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:07,440
acquire to make your run, and
instead, with the season that they've had,

777
00:53:07,519 --> 00:53:09,360
they flipped him and tried to get
a little bit more asset, a

778
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:14,239
little bit more preparation for the future. Frankly, my interest in this to

779
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:16,920
fully we'll have some offensive impact.
But Frankly, my interest is that he's

780
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:21,800
now played for four of seven Canadian
teams and I just wanted to punch every

781
00:53:21,880 --> 00:53:23,960
card. If he punches six,
he gets the seventh team free. Is

782
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:29,079
what I understand. Victor. What
do you think is to fully moving from

783
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:34,679
Jersey to Winnipeg increasing his fantasy value? I don't know, but I agree

784
00:53:34,679 --> 00:53:36,559
with you this is fine. I
think he's cloud. I don't know what

785
00:53:36,599 --> 00:53:38,039
do you call it? The full
maple leaf? I'm not sure the full

786
00:53:38,079 --> 00:53:43,880
maple Oh, I love it.
He has to do Toronto last, Yeah,

787
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:45,639
of course, of course. Yeah. Make them wait the longest.

788
00:53:46,199 --> 00:53:50,519
That would be fun. Yeah.
No, I think that this is I

789
00:53:50,559 --> 00:53:52,840
think this is probably good for him. It's probably bad for Nick Eelers.

790
00:53:54,159 --> 00:53:58,719
For Nick Eelers, one of the
best players that gets the worst deployment.

791
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,880
I remember when we talked with Greg
Wishinski on the team preview and he was

792
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:06,679
talking about how they really needed to
bring someone in that had that playoff experience

793
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,800
and that was, you know,
delivered in the prime moment moments. And

794
00:54:10,320 --> 00:54:14,559
I guess we won't really learn that
about him in Winnipeg, but we have

795
00:54:14,719 --> 00:54:16,320
seen him do that in LA We've
seen him do that. In Montreal,

796
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:20,440
We've seen him and he has done
that. So I think he will be

797
00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:23,320
good for the Jets, and he
won't be the focal point because they have

798
00:54:23,559 --> 00:54:29,039
Connor and Shifely, but I think
that it will be good for the team

799
00:54:29,119 --> 00:54:31,800
and probably for Tofoli. It's probably
you know, the lateral move. Jersey

800
00:54:31,880 --> 00:54:35,760
had some decent depth too, and
so they didn't necessarily need him to be

801
00:54:35,880 --> 00:54:38,559
the guy, but a nice top
six complimentary piece, which I certainly think

802
00:54:38,639 --> 00:54:42,800
he can be, and he can
score a decent number of goals rest of

803
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:45,679
the season, so I like that
for him. I think that it probably

804
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:49,840
is a really good move. And
he's a UFA this summer, so we'll

805
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:53,000
see where he goes after that.
But I do I'm pretty excited about this.

806
00:54:53,119 --> 00:54:57,599
I think the Jets are a really
strong team and yeah, it's pretty

807
00:54:57,639 --> 00:55:00,440
fun. And I hope like you
that in the off season that he goes

808
00:55:00,519 --> 00:55:04,119
to Let's see, who hasn't he
played for. I guess there's Vancouver.

809
00:55:04,440 --> 00:55:06,760
There's they can't go to Toronto because
he has to go there last, so

810
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:09,559
he needs to go to Vancouver and
then Ottawa and then did he play for

811
00:55:09,679 --> 00:55:15,639
Vancouver. He's definitely not played for
Tontawa and Toronto. And it's I think

812
00:55:15,679 --> 00:55:19,159
the Oilers. I think one,
Yeah, those are the other three.

813
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,800
Take your time, work your way
through that. Evonton Pride have room for

814
00:55:22,920 --> 00:55:25,400
you. Right now. We know
that Toronto always signs the thirty nine year

815
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:30,119
old who's willing to take a minimum
contract at their end of their career,

816
00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:35,840
although I don't think Tolly's not from
Toronto right anyway, Victor, Now we're

817
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:38,559
going to talk about the Nashville I'm
getting into the Nashville Predators lately. I'm

818
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:43,519
doing work with your Dabber Prospects.
I should have said I'm I'm with dabber

819
00:55:43,599 --> 00:55:47,360
Prospects dot Com. Now I'm going
to be writing some prospect observations and notes

820
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:53,239
on the Nashville Predators prospects and going
to be enjoying that but Barry GM Barry

821
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:58,039
Trotz is starting to fascinate me.
The Nashville Predators, of course, been

822
00:55:58,119 --> 00:56:02,519
in a hot run, so they
actually bought a couple of veterans here at

823
00:56:02,559 --> 00:56:07,599
the deadline. They were willing to
trade picks. But one of the things

824
00:56:07,639 --> 00:56:13,079
I like Barry Trotz now is that
Barry has the same theory about draft picks

825
00:56:13,199 --> 00:56:16,079
as I do in our FHL dynasties. He doesn't care about the late round

826
00:56:16,159 --> 00:56:22,360
picks. The Predators now have nine
picks in the first four rounds, zero

827
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:27,159
picks in the last three rounds for
this year. He just kept flipping away.

828
00:56:27,440 --> 00:56:29,559
He traded for him, he traded
him away. He ended up with

829
00:56:29,639 --> 00:56:32,880
Anthony Bovillier and Jason Zucker, among
others, and they moved a couple of

830
00:56:34,039 --> 00:56:38,239
other young guys out. I don't
even know what's going on here. Bovillier's

831
00:56:38,559 --> 00:56:45,320
once again, he's taking on four
million dollar salary. Bovillier had a middle

832
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:50,440
of the year stretch where he was
with Chicago and a scored nothing coming off

833
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:53,760
a risk injury, and somehow we're
going to take him for the rest of

834
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:57,800
the year at Nashville. That's part
of making it run with a veteran Barry

835
00:56:57,880 --> 00:57:01,719
used to coach him in the Islanders
in so, I don't know what's going

836
00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:05,079
on there, Victor, what are
the Predators doing? And what do you

837
00:57:05,119 --> 00:57:07,920
think of these acquisitions? I feel
like I have to clear up first that

838
00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:13,880
Tyler to Folly absolutely is from a
suburb of Toronto. Oh my gosh,

839
00:57:14,079 --> 00:57:16,920
yep, thirty nine year old to
Foley. We know where it'll be there,

840
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:21,239
you go, you called it.
We'll reference back to this. And

841
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:24,199
yeah, congratulations on officially joining the
Diver Prospects team. That's going to be

842
00:57:24,280 --> 00:57:28,760
fun. And yeah, I also
love what Nashville is doing. They there

843
00:57:28,840 --> 00:57:31,000
was a lot of publicity about the
trip that they were doing out west and

844
00:57:31,119 --> 00:57:36,079
they weren't playing well and they had
this trip, they had this event planned

845
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:38,119
going to a show in Vegas.
I think it was Curtsilay or something I

846
00:57:38,159 --> 00:57:42,119
can't remember, and then they said, Nope, you guys aren't going.

847
00:57:42,159 --> 00:57:45,480
You're playing like crap, and they
proceeded to destroy that West coast trip or

848
00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:50,920
after getting a talking to or whatever
you want to call it, and then

849
00:57:50,960 --> 00:57:53,320
they basically just put themselves in the
playoff position. And Trotz was like,

850
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:57,119
like, I guess we got to
many push our trips in now. But

851
00:57:57,280 --> 00:58:00,559
I like the way he did it. He didn't make these massive splashes.

852
00:58:00,639 --> 00:58:07,480
He made some calculated bets on guys
that generally have some upside and have some

853
00:58:07,960 --> 00:58:10,519
term but are cost controlled for the
most part, and so they're not like

854
00:58:10,639 --> 00:58:15,199
these massive bad sucker is Sucker and
Baville or both UFAs. But they added

855
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:20,760
some other depth that has some that
can be here a little bit longer than

856
00:58:20,800 --> 00:58:24,719
that, So that's interesting. I
mentioned on a previous podcast how I wasn't

857
00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:29,599
a super big fan of Zucker,
but maybe he can turn things around here.

858
00:58:29,679 --> 00:58:32,960
I do think that Nashville is a
good landing spot for these guys,

859
00:58:34,159 --> 00:58:37,559
but mainly more as depth players.
I've never been a huge fan of Bavillier,

860
00:58:37,199 --> 00:58:39,760
but I don't know that he's a
twenty five point pace player, which

861
00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:43,800
is what he's been on this year. Maybe he can get back to that

862
00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:47,360
forty to fifty point pace guy that's
probably a little bit more reasonable, and

863
00:58:47,519 --> 00:58:52,239
Zucker certainly should be like a round
to fifty ish point guy, depending on

864
00:58:52,679 --> 00:58:55,519
where they all fit in the lineup. I think is we still I mean,

865
00:58:55,559 --> 00:58:59,280
we've seen a little bit. We'll
have to wait and see how this

866
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:02,400
all balances out there, but I
think the bottom line is that they are

867
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:07,880
a good team. Like they surprisingly
have been way better than we all expected,

868
00:59:08,559 --> 00:59:14,400
and that's fun to see. So
Zucker was playing with Bavilier and Colton

869
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:17,880
Sissons, so certainly not the biggest
vote of confidence in terms of deployment.

870
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:22,920
But yeah, I'm pretty interested in
what Nashville is doing, and I'm excited.

871
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:27,039
It's like they everyone thought they were
gonna just roll up into a tank

872
00:59:27,159 --> 00:59:32,320
mode and they instead are you know, ahead of Vegas in the wildcard standing.

873
00:59:32,440 --> 00:59:37,920
So that's pretty exciting. Yep.
Now we'll go on. This is

874
00:59:38,039 --> 00:59:44,719
weird to me, Victor. The
Coyotes literally they paid the Tampa Bay Lightning

875
00:59:44,800 --> 00:59:50,400
to take Matt Dumba off their hands
technically because they flipped picks for the future.

876
00:59:50,639 --> 00:59:53,039
I have to think that the pick
that they actually traded away will be

877
00:59:53,239 --> 00:59:59,039
a better pick. But they got
rid of three point nine million dollars and

878
01:00:00,639 --> 01:00:04,360
were they out of cash? The
Coyotes didn't have anything, But I Matt

879
01:00:04,400 --> 01:00:07,039
Delpy used to be real good,
Victor. I think that this is a

880
01:00:07,119 --> 01:00:10,480
pretty good acquisition for Tampa. I
guess they found some salary room for him,

881
01:00:10,559 --> 01:00:15,159
but it seems like he goes from
very little competition on the blue line

882
01:00:15,280 --> 01:00:20,880
at Arizona to probably a fairly depth
role in Tampa. Why was this so

883
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,960
cheap? Victor? My response to
that was just posting his rampam chart in

884
01:00:25,039 --> 01:00:31,239
our show notes, which shows that
he's getting absolutely caved in defensively. He

885
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:35,800
explained, for the Coyotes, what
do you expect? Yeah, I think

886
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:40,000
that's part of the calculus here is
Yeah, but the Coyotes were good early

887
01:00:40,079 --> 01:00:43,239
in the season, or at least
they were competitive. It looked like they

888
01:00:43,400 --> 01:00:45,760
might even sneak into the playoffs,
and then they've been terrible for a month.

889
01:00:45,920 --> 01:00:50,559
I guess a little bit better recently. But even when the Coyotes were

890
01:00:50,599 --> 01:00:52,400
good, Dumbo was getting kyed in, so he wasn't helping. He was

891
01:00:52,480 --> 01:00:57,039
definitely struggling. And yeah, he's
not that old, he's twenty nine,

892
01:00:57,920 --> 01:01:00,880
but maybe you know, there's a
lot of miles on he's you know,

893
01:01:00,119 --> 01:01:05,239
over six hundred and fifty NHL games, and he's he plays that rugged style.

894
01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:07,760
So I think that's part of what
Tampa wanted, And maybe part of

895
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:10,440
the calculus is that there's still some
gas left in the tank there for Dumba,

896
01:01:10,519 --> 01:01:14,760
and he could be a good,
hard nosed player to play against.

897
01:01:14,880 --> 01:01:19,400
His periffs are pretty decent in terms
of the blocks and shots. The blocks

898
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:22,000
have been a little bit down this
year, but the hits are still there.

899
01:01:22,519 --> 01:01:24,880
The issue is just the time on
ice. Is he going to play

900
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:30,119
as much or less? He was
averaging close to twenty twenty one minutes and

901
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:31,559
that's about what he played in Tampa. I don't know if that's going to

902
01:01:31,559 --> 01:01:37,760
continue, but if he does,
then that's pretty good for his his continued

903
01:01:37,800 --> 01:01:40,920
peripheral contribution. But I would be
skeptical that is going to continue just because

904
01:01:40,960 --> 01:01:45,480
they have I have a lot of
other options, So yeah, I'm not

905
01:01:45,559 --> 01:01:50,400
super excited about that, although,
like with other teams that we've talked about,

906
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:52,159
going from a team that doesn't score
as much of a team that scores

907
01:01:52,159 --> 01:01:57,159
a lot, he could certainly look
into a few more points there, obviously.

908
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:01,760
Next we'll go to the same Sharks
who tried to answer the immortal question

909
01:02:02,239 --> 01:02:07,880
how does one conduct a fire sale
when there's nothing flammable left? And they

910
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:10,559
did it. They acquired a couple
more assets with what they had, they

911
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:15,880
moved VTech Vancheck. They moved Kappol
Kopkin in, who was one of the

912
01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:21,840
goalies who was constantly talked about in
this phrase for VTech Vancheck that they may

913
01:02:22,079 --> 01:02:27,880
reassemble the new Jersey Devil's goalie tandem
of last year. Now they've got Vanacheck

914
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:31,400
and Blackwood associated with the Sharks,
so good for them, good tanky move.

915
01:02:31,920 --> 01:02:35,679
They got a seventh round pick out
of it. Otherwise, I'm not

916
01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:38,559
quite sure what the deal is here
flipping to lower down assets, but I'm

917
01:02:38,599 --> 01:02:43,559
sure the Devils were happy about it. And then also the big, one

918
01:02:43,599 --> 01:02:47,119
of the biggest moves of the deadline
toomash Hurtle out of nowhere gets moved to

919
01:02:47,320 --> 01:02:51,159
the Vegas Golden Knights. A little
bit of money routined once again, and

920
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,719
I thought the Sharks were like Vegas's
number one enemy. I guess the fact

921
01:02:54,719 --> 01:02:58,400
that the Sharks have slipped out of
it the last few years has taken the

922
01:02:58,440 --> 01:03:01,039
sting of that away. But they
used to hate each other as far as

923
01:03:01,559 --> 01:03:06,800
I knew. But Hurdle moves from
the one of the main, if not

924
01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:12,480
the main, offensive role on a
bottom dwelling team to probably a depth role

925
01:03:13,039 --> 01:03:15,280
on one of the best teams in
the NHL or well, they're not right

926
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:19,199
now, but presumably with the roster
they have, they're going to be from

927
01:03:19,239 --> 01:03:22,280
here on out. Yeah, I
don't know. My brain is breaking.

928
01:03:22,639 --> 01:03:28,960
Is Hurdle going to be better or
worse production wise? Victor? Yeah,

929
01:03:29,079 --> 01:03:32,039
I think that's a good question.
It's difficult to answer. He was getting

930
01:03:32,239 --> 01:03:36,679
just a ton of ice in San
Jose because who else were they going to

931
01:03:36,719 --> 01:03:40,000
play. He's, you know,
one of the few good players, competitive,

932
01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:45,320
strong players on the team day night
in and night out, and they

933
01:03:45,400 --> 01:03:49,760
needed him to be everything and he
was. He was still amazingly, you

934
01:03:49,840 --> 01:03:54,079
know, on a fifty five fifty
eight point pace with the Sharks on with

935
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:58,679
literally no help at times. Gature
has been out most of the season.

936
01:03:58,679 --> 01:04:02,000
It sounds like Coature might never play
again. Actually, he sounds like he's

937
01:04:02,039 --> 01:04:09,280
really struggling. So they've had some
decent rookies. Hterlens look decent. They've

938
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:14,239
had some contributions from Eckln and lately
Bordelow. But it's been Hurdle pretty much

939
01:04:14,239 --> 01:04:17,000
all season with very little help,
and he's going to a team that is

940
01:04:17,159 --> 01:04:21,719
completely stacked. But I think it's
hard to imagine a better one two punch

941
01:04:21,800 --> 01:04:26,920
down the middle than way you have
with Eichel and Hurdle. There are I'm

942
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:30,639
not saying there aren't, but he's
that's certainly like top five maybe one two

943
01:04:30,679 --> 01:04:33,679
punch around the league. He's a
really great two way player. Hurdle is

944
01:04:33,719 --> 01:04:39,840
probably one of the better second line
centers in terms of all around impact that

945
01:04:39,880 --> 01:04:43,280
you could imagine on a team.
So I think it's excellent for the team.

946
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:45,280
Is it going to help him,
probably, and they're going to score

947
01:04:45,280 --> 01:04:47,360
a lot more. He's probably going
to be on the top power play and

948
01:04:47,639 --> 01:04:51,000
get some decent wingers at least when
Mark Stone is back, So I think

949
01:04:51,119 --> 01:04:56,079
overall this probably will help him.
His high was that seventy nine point pace

950
01:04:56,159 --> 01:04:59,280
season of eighteen nineteen. I don't
think he's that player even in Vegas,

951
01:04:59,360 --> 01:05:01,440
but I think he can could certainly
be closer to a seventy seventy five point

952
01:05:01,519 --> 01:05:03,840
player. You know, with the
power play points. The power play points

953
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:06,760
have really jumped all around for Tomash
Hurtle in his career. He had up

954
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:12,079
to twenty two last season, but
even in that strong eighteen nineteen season,

955
01:05:12,159 --> 01:05:15,320
he only had fifteen, So it's
not like he's feasted on the power play.

956
01:05:15,360 --> 01:05:18,239
He's basically done most of this at
five to five, and I think

957
01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:24,239
that he's probably gonna get maybe even
a decent more amount of those in Vegas.

958
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,639
So I think this is amazing for
Vegas long term. He's long been

959
01:05:27,679 --> 01:05:30,519
one of my favorite players. I
think he's really underrated, and all the

960
01:05:30,559 --> 01:05:34,199
little things he does around the ice, he just makes the life miserable for

961
01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:36,719
the opponents. Is he's hard to
get around, he's hard to deal with.

962
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:40,360
He's big. People don't realize how
big. He's six three two fifteen.

963
01:05:40,480 --> 01:05:43,880
He's a big dude, and he's
hard to move around. And he

964
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:46,239
plays like that sometimes not all the
time, like he isn't always so physically

965
01:05:46,239 --> 01:05:51,239
imposing. But man, I think
this was shrewd and I think that there

966
01:05:51,320 --> 01:05:56,559
was some discussion with Mike Greer about
why, I think the fan base is

967
01:05:56,639 --> 01:05:59,719
melting down, why did you do
this? But you have to remember this

968
01:06:00,119 --> 01:06:05,639
was Doug Wilson's final move that he
did at with Joe will as the interim

969
01:06:05,800 --> 01:06:11,360
GM at the time. He basically
wanted to keep Hurdle around and signed him

970
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:14,280
to this long contract, which was
I said at the time, a really

971
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:16,639
terrible move. You have this guy
who's passed his prime, he's had knee

972
01:06:16,679 --> 01:06:21,320
injuries, and you're signing him to
this massive contract. The Sharks really needed

973
01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:25,079
to go from under this. Frankly, I think as the team moves forward,

974
01:06:25,320 --> 01:06:28,440
they really needed to and it sounded
like Hurdle really wanted to go to

975
01:06:29,199 --> 01:06:30,960
a contender, even though he likes
being in San Jose. So I think

976
01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:35,519
this was partly let's move some cap
off our books, let's get some assets,

977
01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:40,679
and let's give Tomash something he deserves, which is to play for a

978
01:06:40,719 --> 01:06:44,880
contender, even though I know it
seems weird going to a competitor like Vegas.

979
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:46,840
I don't know if people remember,
but in that series comeback, when

980
01:06:46,880 --> 01:06:50,320
the Sharks were good against Vegas,
when they came back from three games to

981
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:54,800
one down and won the series and
knocked Vegas out of the playoffs, he's

982
01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:59,760
the one who scored the overtime,
shorthanded game winning goal that put the dagger

983
01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:03,440
in the Vegas Golden Knights. I'm
pretty sure the Knights remember that. I'm

984
01:07:03,480 --> 01:07:09,679
pretty sure they remember what kind of
There couldn't be a more clutch moment that

985
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:14,000
you could imagine, being shorthanded over
time with the series on the line,

986
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:16,360
and he delivered one of the most
amazing goals you could think of. So

987
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:20,480
anyways, Tomer Turtle is great.
I think he will improve his stock in

988
01:07:20,559 --> 01:07:24,719
Vegas. I think it will help
Vegas immensely once he's back, which should

989
01:07:24,719 --> 01:07:27,159
be soon. He had a knee
surgery, but it was a very minor

990
01:07:27,199 --> 01:07:30,440
procedure. I think he's going to
be back very soon, and I wouldn't

991
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:32,159
worry necessarily short term, but long
term you do have to worry about those

992
01:07:32,199 --> 01:07:35,840
knees. Those knees have been a
problem for him. How long will his

993
01:07:36,079 --> 01:07:40,320
career continue. He's thirty right now. I think he'll still be good for

994
01:07:40,320 --> 01:07:43,920
at least a couple more seasons,
but he might break down after that because,

995
01:07:43,920 --> 01:07:46,159
as I mentioned before, Big Dude, in terms of the goalies,

996
01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:49,880
this is I think very curious,
Jesse. But you have to also keep

997
01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:56,119
in mind that the Sharks took on
the reclamation project that is Mackenzie Blackwood,

998
01:07:56,280 --> 01:08:00,119
and everyone thought that was weird.
And Blackwood has early success and then he

999
01:08:00,280 --> 01:08:08,760
struggled so much more recently in Jersey, and he has been excellent for the

1000
01:08:08,880 --> 01:08:13,480
Sharks. So I think there's maybe
some thought here, at least this is

1001
01:08:13,559 --> 01:08:17,439
part of what I've heard and what
I've seen is that they I think there's

1002
01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:24,560
a thought that they can rehab Banichick
as well, that maybe there's something more

1003
01:08:24,600 --> 01:08:28,920
there. Because nobody wanted Mackenzie Blackwood. Nobody he was going to be out

1004
01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:31,399
of the league, and now they're
talking about him as back in the conversation

1005
01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:36,880
of being potential potentially on Team Canada
when they play best on best, and

1006
01:08:36,960 --> 01:08:42,359
he was in that discussion before he
was bad. So there's been wild swings

1007
01:08:42,399 --> 01:08:46,079
in Mackenzie Blackwood's game, and I
think that there have been there's this thought

1008
01:08:46,199 --> 01:08:50,800
that whatever the Sharks skultending coaches have
done have helped rehab him. Maybe it's

1009
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:54,840
just the opportunity and the decreased pressure. I don't know, and maybe there's

1010
01:08:54,880 --> 01:09:00,279
a thought they can do that with
Banichick and Kappanan Kapril Kakinen was an expiring

1011
01:09:00,359 --> 01:09:03,680
asset, and so I think they
get Banichick, who makes a little bit

1012
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:06,000
more, but they have a little
bit more control over him, and maybe

1013
01:09:06,479 --> 01:09:09,760
maybe they'll turn him around, or
maybe they'll flip him. I don't know.

1014
01:09:10,119 --> 01:09:12,640
They get a pick, but I
don't think it's too weird, and

1015
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:15,359
I don't think it's just that they
want to be bad, so they're getting

1016
01:09:15,359 --> 01:09:19,079
the worst goalie or one of the
worst goalies around, because these two were

1017
01:09:19,319 --> 01:09:25,039
terrible for Jersey over the last couple
of years. But I don't think that's

1018
01:09:25,119 --> 01:09:28,600
necessarily the reason. I think they
now look at Minckenzie Blackwood as part of

1019
01:09:28,640 --> 01:09:31,960
their future in that and that would
have seemed wild a couple of years ago.

1020
01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:35,399
So I think there's a little bit
more there and they see some potential.

1021
01:09:35,439 --> 01:09:38,560
I don't know that I see it. I've never really seen it in

1022
01:09:38,640 --> 01:09:41,880
Vanicheck. I've always thought of him
as more of a tandem guy. But

1023
01:09:42,720 --> 01:09:47,199
I think that's what they're thinking,
Okay, and worst case scenario, not

1024
01:09:47,319 --> 01:09:51,800
worst case scenario, but intermediate case
scenario. Perhaps if he is really good

1025
01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:56,960
and you're still in a longer rebuild, you can flip him and maybe get

1026
01:09:57,000 --> 01:10:00,760
something out of him. Next year, we saw the goalies the goalie market

1027
01:10:00,880 --> 01:10:03,640
really didn't turn out to be much
in the trade deadline, but it might

1028
01:10:03,720 --> 01:10:06,840
be better in the offseason when teams
are going to have a whole year to

1029
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:12,840
build around those goalies. Last trade
for the Day, Columbus Blue Jackets moved

1030
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:16,239
Jack Roslovich to the New York Rangers, I'm all in on this one.

1031
01:10:16,359 --> 01:10:21,239
Victor. Jack Rosslovich playing top line
with Mika Zabenijad and Chris Kreider, that's

1032
01:10:21,239 --> 01:10:25,520
where they're going to put him.
I love it. Jack Rosselovich goes from

1033
01:10:26,039 --> 01:10:31,359
basically no value in fantasy to I
think he could be a fifty five point

1034
01:10:31,399 --> 01:10:34,439
player if things all break right for
the rest of the season. They wanted

1035
01:10:34,520 --> 01:10:38,680
him for a reason. I think
he his contract I think even goes past

1036
01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:41,239
this year. So what do you
think, Victor, You're going to get

1037
01:10:41,279 --> 01:10:45,479
on Jack Rostlovich trained with me.
No, I'm not. I've never really

1038
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:47,039
been a fan of him, and
the thing is that he has these spurts,

1039
01:10:47,119 --> 01:10:51,840
and he has spurts of relevance where
he looks really good, but it's

1040
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:57,520
just it's never consistent. So,
yes, he played with Zavenijad and Krider

1041
01:10:58,039 --> 01:11:00,800
in the most recent game, and
that's awesome. And if he does that,

1042
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,319
of course you're interested and you want
every piece of that. But he

1043
01:11:03,399 --> 01:11:10,520
doesn't. He doesn't often stay in
that top deployment, and he's been up

1044
01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:14,279
and down in terms of his production
the last couple of years. He's been

1045
01:11:14,439 --> 01:11:17,399
got this forty five point pace.
He did have a fifty eight point pace.

1046
01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:20,279
Generally, his perifs have been a
little bit lower, though he hasn't

1047
01:11:20,319 --> 01:11:25,560
really hit a whole lot or block
and he shoots usually under twice a game,

1048
01:11:25,640 --> 01:11:28,800
although this season he has been shooting
a little bit more so maybe there's

1049
01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:30,680
something there. I think that's the
key. If he can stick in the

1050
01:11:30,760 --> 01:11:34,680
top six in New York, then
sure, yes, I'm of course going

1051
01:11:34,760 --> 01:11:40,439
to be interested. I just have
little faith that's going to continue beyond sporadic

1052
01:11:41,359 --> 01:11:45,920
deployment decisions or whatever. That's my
concern with that. Of course, it's

1053
01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:48,479
not like they have a ton of
better options. Trocheck is, Zavantajet and

1054
01:11:48,560 --> 01:11:53,479
Paner and are locked with Krider are
locked into that top six. Lafrenier seems

1055
01:11:53,560 --> 01:11:58,199
like he's put himself in that consideration
as well as being there, but they

1056
01:11:58,239 --> 01:12:01,159
don't really have another He has to
be in the top six, so they

1057
01:12:01,239 --> 01:12:05,279
might move Coco back up there.
Maybe they'll put Weinberger at the wing or

1058
01:12:05,359 --> 01:12:11,399
Cooley seems like he's improving. There's
also a VC in Goodrow, but I

1059
01:12:11,439 --> 01:12:13,600
think there's a chance he stays there, and if he does, I think

1060
01:12:13,640 --> 01:12:15,800
it's a good speculative bet to make, like in terms of a move that

1061
01:12:15,840 --> 01:12:18,920
I would be interested in. Sure, I'll be interested in trying that out,

1062
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:21,680
but I wouldn't want to spend if
he's a free agent or was a

1063
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:25,720
free agent. Sure, but I'm
not going to spend any assets to get

1064
01:12:26,159 --> 01:12:30,000
Rossivig because I think it's just as
likely that he spends more time in the

1065
01:12:30,039 --> 01:12:34,119
bottom six than a top six rest
of season. And that's just that's not

1066
01:12:34,159 --> 01:12:38,319
a bet that I want to spend
a lot of capital on. But what

1067
01:12:38,439 --> 01:12:41,520
do you think he's going to stay
there? What you're saying is totally fair,

1068
01:12:41,760 --> 01:12:45,920
but as a speculation pick. I
like him at this point because if

1069
01:12:45,960 --> 01:12:47,399
he is able to stick there,
and he traded for him for a reason,

1070
01:12:48,359 --> 01:12:55,119
he could be really valuable and the
Rangers stocking up for a run.

1071
01:12:55,319 --> 01:12:59,319
So I still like him. I
traded for Remember I traded. I got

1072
01:12:59,399 --> 01:13:01,880
him as a throwing piece a couple
of years ago into trade in our common

1073
01:13:01,960 --> 01:13:06,399
league, and I've been holding clutching
onto him ever since, even though he's

1074
01:13:06,399 --> 01:13:10,479
been giving me a little reason for
hope. But come on, Jack,

1075
01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:15,760
get her done in there in the
big Apple Victor. That is our trade

1076
01:13:15,760 --> 01:13:21,119
deadline coverage. We have enjoyed this
and Right after this, we'll be back

1077
01:13:21,159 --> 01:13:35,840
to close up the show. A
couple of things to mention before we get

1078
01:13:35,880 --> 01:13:40,079
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1079
01:13:40,159 --> 01:13:43,560
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01:13:48,399 --> 01:13:53,840
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01:13:54,039 --> 01:13:57,920
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1083
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:00,520
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1084
01:14:00,560 --> 01:14:04,520
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1085
01:14:04,680 --> 01:14:10,199
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1086
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:14,760
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1087
01:14:14,840 --> 01:14:18,199
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1088
01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:23,880
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1089
01:14:23,920 --> 01:14:28,840
the web guru and a scout and
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1090
01:14:28,880 --> 01:14:32,359
earlier in the episode. If you
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1091
01:14:32,399 --> 01:14:36,880
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1092
01:14:38,159 --> 01:14:42,560
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1093
01:14:42,600 --> 01:14:45,359
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01:14:45,359 --> 01:14:49,399
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01:14:49,520 --> 01:14:53,479
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1096
01:14:53,600 --> 01:14:59,560
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1097
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:02,520
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1098
01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:06,159
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1099
01:15:06,319 --> 01:15:11,479
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1102
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:26,560
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1106
01:15:42,239 --> 01:15:45,319
Until next time, keep living that
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